Incumbent

/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Incumbent

adjective

  1. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.

    "Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust."

  2. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
  3. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
  4. Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
  5. Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.

    "the incumbent toe of a bird"

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